MEXICO EDITION. For three days now, the Mexican Army has patrolled the roads of the municipality of Buenavista Tomatlán in Michoacán, and the residents have decided to put away their guns with which they were defending themselves from organized crime for almost three months. This is the way a conflict was resolved, which occurred when the Army captured four community police, and residents responded to by detaining 20 soldiers. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guest: Hipólito Mora, chief of community police, La Ruana, Municipality of Buenavista Tomatlán, Michoacán, Mexico.

OBAMACARE: IT'S THE LAW. Almost half of Americans do not know if Obamacare is still law, and more than half of the uninsured do not know how it will impact their families. A top medical doctor joins this edition to go over the basics of what the Affordable Care Act is and how it is impacting U.S. families.

Guest: Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, CEO, Women’s Care, Pawtucket, RI, www.women-care.com

ALSO, REFORM PASSES TO FLOOR. The immigration reform bill has passed to the Senate floor. This edition includes a brief segment of an interview with Senator Robert Menéndez on the news.

Guest: Sen. Robert Menéndez, U.S. Senator for New Jersey, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., www.menendez.senate.gov

REBEL. The feature documentary Rebel, a film focusing on a Cuban immigrant woman who defied laws and risked her life to dress as a man and fight as a soldier in the U.S. Civil War, is being broadcast on the public television network PBS this week. The director is an award-winning filmmaker who immigrated to the United States without documents and eventually graduated from one of the nation's most prestigious universities.

Guest: María Agui Carter, Writer/Producer/Director, Rebel, Cambridge, MA, www.iguanafilms.com/aboutus/maria/

ALSO, DREAMERS. As the immigration reform debate continues in Congress, young undocumented immigrants who were brought here as children have taken the reins to push for a path to legalization for all the undocumented. This is an interview with the author of a new book, Dreamers, La lucha de una generación por su sueño americano (Dreamers, The Struggle of a Generation for their American Dream).

GUILTY OF GENOCIDE. In an unprecedented court trial, former Guatemalan dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, was found guilty of genocide and sentenced to 80 years in prison. What does this verdict mean for Mayan people? What may be its repercussions in Guatemala? What precedent does it set for criminal prosecution of other generals and heads of state in other countries, such as El Salvador?

MEXICO EDITION. Teachers from eight states in Mexico marched in the streets of Mexico City protesting educational reforms. In their chants, they criticized the government and the television chain Televisa, which they accuse of censuring information. At the same time, one year after the death of Regina Martínez, a correspondent for Proceso magazine in the state of Veracruz, journalists remind the government that this and other cases of reporters who have been killed are still unsolved. In addition, the Universidad Obrera de México presents the book *Mordaza a la opinión pública *(Gagging Public Opinion), by the late journalist Paco Huerta, whose radio programs were cancelled because he allowed freedom of expression. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

MARCHES FOR MICHOACÁN. Immigrants from the state of Michoacán, Mexico organize marches in several California cities to protest the wave of violence by organized crime and against impunity in their home state, a hotspot of narco violence. Demonstrators show support for self-declared community police in towns that are reportedly under siege. This edition includes an interview with an organizer.

Guests: José Sandoval, Michoacanos en apoyo a municipios con autodefensa comunitaria, San José, CA; Ismael Cortés, Supporter of communities besieged by violence, Stockton, CA.

ALSO, NEWS ON THE REFORM. A Senate committee discusses today a number of amendments to Title III of the proposed bill on immigration reform, including E-Verify and other interior enforcement measures, and new criminal penalties for immigrant workers. An expert joins this edition to comment on this and other recent developments on the immigration reform debate.

TOWN UNDER SIEGE. Across Western Mexico, residents of some towns have armed themselves and organized their own community police, to defend themselves from organized crime. Tired of rapes, killings, and extortions, residents of the town of Tepalcatepec in the state of Michoacán, organized self-defense patrols. They report their town is now without government protection, under siege and neighbors are running out of medicines, food and gas.

Guests: Dr. Manuel Mireles, Member , Consejo Ciudadano de Autodefensa de Tepalcatepec, Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, México; Mtro. Jose Maria Cazares Solorzano, President, Comision Estatal de Derechos Humanos de Michoacan, www.cedhmichoacan.org.mx

MEXICO EDITION. The towns of Tepalcatepec, La Ruana and Buenavista, in the state of Michoacán in Western Mexico report they have been blocked off and under siege since April 10th. That day, 40 farm workers were massacred when returning from a celebration of Emiliano Zapata, where they tried to meet with the interim governor. According to a doctor from Tepalcatepec, these towns have suffered extorsion by criminal groups for more than 10 years, but it was the rape of 11 and 12 year old girls that made the townspeople organize in self-defense committees. This edition also includes reports of extensive poppy plantings in the state of Guerrero, and the inefficiency of the Civil Registry in the city of Chilpancingo. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City.

Guests: Dr. Manuel Mireles, member of the Citizen Council for Self-Defense of Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, Mexico; Honorata, Tlapaneca indigenous woman, Tlapa, Guerrero, Mexico.

OBAMACARE IN ANY LANGUAGE. Disproportionate rates of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer have long burdened communities of color, and a lack of culturally and linguistically relevant care makes the problems worse. This edition takes a look at how the Affordable Care Act attempts to provide for interpretation and culturally appropriate care, to help breach the health gap in communities of color and border communities.

IMMIGRATION REFORM: WILL IT PASS THE HOUSE? The Senate has begun hearings on its immigration reform bill. What possibilities does that bill have of passing the Republican-controlled House of Representatives? When will the House’s own bipartisan bill be unveiled? This edition includes interviews with members of Congress and political analysts.

Guests: Senator Robert Menendez, U.S. Senator for New Jersey, Washington DC, www.menendez.senate.gov ; Larry Kleinman, Executive Committee Member, Fair Immigration Reform Movement , Woodburn, OR, www.fairimmigration.org